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John Matuszak
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John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of H…
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John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.
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John Matuszak's Filmography
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Down the Drain
as Jed Stewart
Ghost Writer
as Chuck Aaron
One Man Force
as Jake
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Fred Collins
The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
as Self
One Crazy Summer
as Stain
Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
as TV Spokesman
Darlin' Clementine
as Mountain Man
Command 5
as Kowalski
The Goonies
as Sloth
Half Nelson
The Ice Pirates
as Killjoy
Caveman
as Tonda
North Dallas Forty
as O. W. Shaddock